It was a night full of crafts as the Lancer Productions held their Pinterest event in the Lankford Ballroom, Thursday Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m.. The Lancer Production late night crew had tables set up around the ballroom, and on each table there were a variety of crafts, and no table was the same. The crafts consisted of pillowcases, canvases, mason jars,
pots and wooden plaques.
Jessica Hamilton, the late night director of Lancer Production said
that the Pinterest event is a semester-based event and added that, “In the fall we try to make it a more winter theme or a fall theme whereas in the spring we try to make it more towards what people are more interested in doing—this year, we are making the theme Valentine’s Day because it’s coming up next week.”
There are at least 30 to 40 people who attend the event, with the students able to come and go as they please. Hamilton also mentioned that what is different about this Pinterest event, and last year’s winter event, is that movies are now incorporated with the crafting session, in order to further entertain the attendees.
“Today, we have ‘The Proposal’ for the Valentine’s Day theme and last semester we had ‘Elf’ for the winter theme, which is nice, because it draws people’s attention and also makes the event more fun,” said Hamilton.
Hamilton also added that students favor painting over other crafts, “It’s always a test when figuring out which type of crafts to set out and provide, we’ve kind of narrowed it down to which ones they prefer over others, but painting always seems to win.”
Jessica Frye, director of Comedy and Cinema, provided the movie “The Proposal” and also helped set up for the event.
“When coming to the these types of events and setting up, it’s important to get here early or right when it starts,” said Frye, “because all the good crafts start to go such as the canvases and the wooden plaques—people like to paint.”
Best friends, Michelle and Rachel, decided to come out and participate in the event. Both sophomores, the girls wanted to have fun and get away from homework and studying, and just enjoy crafting with one another.
“She snapped me through Snapchat and asked if I wanted to come, and I said sure why not,” said Michelle. “I came last year,” said Rachel, “and it was a lot of fun, I wanted Michelle to come and enjoy it just as much as I did.”
The purpose of doing a Pinterest night is not for prizes to be won, but for the students to come and have fun in a non-stressful environment.
